TIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tied mean? 

• TIED (adjective)
  The adjective TIED has 5 senses:

1. bound or secured closely

2. bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection

3. fastened with strings or cords

4. closed with a lace

5. of the score in a contest

  Familiarity information: TIED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bound or secured closely

Synonyms:

tied; trussed

Context example:

a trussed chicken

Similar:

bound (confined by bonds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection

Context example:

people tied by blood or marriage

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fastened with strings or cords

Synonyms:

fastened; tied

Context example:

a neatly tied bundle

Similar:

knotted (tied with a knot)

Antonym:

untied (not tied)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Closed with a lace

Synonyms:

laced; tied

Context example:

snugly laced shoes

Sense 5

Meaning:

Of the score in a contest

Synonyms:

even; level; tied

Context example:

the score is tied

Similar:

equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)

 Context examples 

This tied with 1990 as the second highest for March in the 1880–2015 record.

(March 2015 and first quarter of year warmest on record, NOAA)

Then he tied them up, saying, with the happy look Jo liked to see, "Please give these to your mother, and tell her I like the medicine she sent me very much."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They found that these genetic differences were tied to several important developmental and cell signaling pathways.

(Researchers explore complex genetic network behind sleep duration, National Institutes of Health)

I tied it to a rope, brought it home, dogs took it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Last month an important new moon solar eclipse occurred on December 25, which is tied directly to this trend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I have locked the door, and the key is tied to my wrist, so perhaps I shall not be again disturbed.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Here he was tied up for a week and made love to by the man and woman.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

She carried me on her lap, in a box tied about her waist.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The results provide a powerful map to pin brain areas to genes tied to neurodevelopmental disorders and human-specific brain functions.

(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)

The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow are destroyed, and the Lion is tied up in your yard.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)